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There are many who wrote on the topic of spring inspections. So let me comment on a finer point of one point...
The first picture is the way I like to feed many of my light hives in late fall. I just place a 25 pound slab of fondant on the inner cover.
The second picture is what happens when they eat all the fondant and you leave that extra box on all summer. :lol:
Now is the time to do what you need to do...